As his teammates celebrated way down the pitch, keeper Adrian partied by himself (Image: PA Wire)

“But it happens, no matter what club you’re at. Look at Leicester here – they are safe in mid-table, but they were booed off. That’s football in this day and age. That’s where it is.

“It’s not nice to see, because you can’t always win the league and you can’t always be in the top half of the table.

“There is so much money in the game now and there are so many good teams, but I was really proud of our players. If we get some points from the next two games we could finish between mid-table and 10th.”